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Acts 7:10 KJV
Acts · chapter 7 · verse 10
And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.Acts 7:10 · King James Version
Acts 7:10 in context
8And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
10And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
11Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
12But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
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Key words (Strong's)
- afflictionsthlipsisa pressing, pressing together, pressure, metaph. oppression, affliction, tribulation…G2347 →
- deliveredexaireōto pluck out, draw outG1807 →
- PharaohpharaōPharaoh = " his nakedness" , was a common title of the native kings of EgyptG5328 →
- favourcharisgrace, that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness grace of…G5485 →
- wisdomsophiawisdom, broad and full of intelligence used of the knowledge of very diverse matters, the…G4678 →
- sightenantionover against, opposite, of place, opposite, contrary , metaph., opposed as an adversary…G1726 →
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Stephen is now at the bar before the great council of the nation, indicted for blasphemy: what the witnesses swore against him we had an account of in the foregoing chapter, that he spoke blasphemous words against Moses and God; for he spoke against this holy place and the law. Now here, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-16